Thomas stillaway



T. STILLAWAY. PORTABLE SEGTIONAL FENCE. No. 562,046.

Patented June 16, 1896.

dllllllil III UNjiTnn STATES PATENT OFFICEa THOMAS STILLAIVAY, OF BINBROOK, CANADA.

PORTABLE SECTIONAL FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 562,046, dated June 16, 1896.

Appiioaion flied sepamterig, 1895. sentira 563,028. eremiti.)

To all whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS STILLAWAY, of Binbrook, in the county of Wentworth and Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented a certain new and Improved Portable Sectional Fence, of which-the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a portable fence which may be strong and durable and cheap and simple in construction, and the position of which can be readily shifted when set up, and which can be also easily taken apart and packed for transportation; and it consists in a series of panels, the parts of each of which are preferably made of metal and provided with trucks on which they are mounted, and also having a horizontal foot-bar the ends of which are adapted to pass between and be secured to upright struts at the end of each' panel, the lower horizontal foot-bar being twisted so as to present a flat surface on which the intermediate struts of the panel may bear and be secured, the said panels being pivotally or loosely connected together, so as to allow for inequalities in the ground, the Whole being arranged and connected substantially as hereinafter described.

The ligure represents a perspective View of one panel of my portable fence.

In the ligure, A A are the end struts of a section or panel, which are formed in two parts, so that the upper horizontal bar B, the intermediate horizontal brace O, and the lower horizontal foot-bar D may pass between the parts and be secured thereto by rivets a.

The lower horizontal foot-bar D projects at each end beyond these struts A A', and is twisted at d, so that while each end may pass between the upright struts A A it may present a flat surface, so as to support the intermediate struts G. The feet G of these intermediate struts G rest upon the fiat surface of the lower horizontal foot-bar D and are secured thereto by rivets g. At one end of this bar D there is a pin E, and at the other end thereof there is the hole F, so that when the sections of this fence are arranged together the hole in one section may engage with the pin E in the adjoining section, and thus make A a flexible or pivotal connection of the section near the ground.

II is a continuous piece of wire, which is threaded through the eyelets or keepers h, attached to the struts, the ends thereof being secured to the upright struts by passing between and around one of the parts, as indicated in the drawing.

I I are trucks on which each sectionor panel of the fence is mounted, and comprise detachable wheels I, axle I", supports J, and angular braces K. The axle I" supports the lower horizontal foot-bar D and is secured thereto by bolt j. The supports J are provided with inturned feet J, which are bolted to the axle Il by the bolts j which are provided with nuts. The upper ends of these supports are bolted to the upper horizontal bar B and the intermediate horizontal brace O by the boltsj. The angular braces K are secured at the apex by the bolt lo, which passes through them, as well as the lower horizontal foot-bar, and is held in place by a nut. The other ends of the angular braces are secured to the axle Il by the same bolt j which secures the supports also to the axle.

L is a link which is adapted to pass through one of the sides of the struts of a panel and is held normally in position by the intermediate horizontal brace O. This link is preferably longer than the projection of the lower horizontal foot-bar beyond the outside struts, so as to make a loose connection at the upper ends of the sections, and thus accommodate the upper parts of the panels to undulations in the ground. This link is provided with pins Z l', Which pass through each end thereof, and are designed to hold the end struts of adjoining sections together, as indicated in the drawing, the pins passing on the inside of the upright struts when the sections are arranged in position together.

This fence is preferably made of metal, and the trucks thereof are, as indicated, readily detachable merely by loosening nuts and removing the bolts. IVhen it is desired to ship or transport this portable fence, the trucks and wheels are detached and packed away separately. Each panel can then when it reaches its destination be readily mounted on and attached to the trucks. Several sections or panels may be joined together and moved by a team of horses to any desired position in the field when the various sections or panels could be Wheeled or moved into the desired position to form the fence.

In building the fence the length of the panels is preferably about sixteen and onehalf feet and the height of each panel on its truck about five and one-half feet.

It will thus be seen that I have constructed a fence which is easy of transport and can readily be erected in any position desired.

lVhat I claim as my invention isl. A portable sectional fence, comprising sections or panels having end struts and in-V termediate struts and mounted on trucks; means for pivotally connecting the ends of adjoining sections, and a horizontal footbar in each section projecting beyond the struts at each end of a section and so twisted as to afford a flat bearing-surface for the intermediate struts of a section which are fastened thereto, substantially as described and speciied.

2. In a portable sectional fence, the con1bination with theframe of a section having a lower horizontal foot-bar of the truck I, comprising detachable Wheels I', the axle I on which 'the lower horizontal foot-bar of the section rests; the supports .I with inturned feet J; the angularbraces K, the Whole being secured together With bolts and nuts, substantially as described and specified.

3. In a portable sectional fence, a section comprising the following elements: the end struts A, A', with bolt-holes5 the upper horizontal bar B; intermediate horizontal brace C; the lower horizontal foot-bar D, projecting at each end beyond the struts A, A', and provided at one end with pin E, and at the other -With hole F; the rivets a; intermediate struts C; the lower horizontal foot-bar D, project- `ing at each end beyond the struts A, A', and provided with pin E, and hole F, which are adapted to engage from adjoining sections so yas to pivotally'connect the lower parts of adjoining sections; the rivets d; intermediate struts G, with feet G; the rivets g; Wire Il; -keepers h; the link L, with pins l, Z to loosely l connect the upper parts of adjoining sections,

substantially as described and specilied.

Toronto, September 10, 1894.

THOMAS STILLAIVAY.

In presence ofn W. G. MCMILLAN, E. KATE PHILLIPS. 

